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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
1t Was Not Poison.

Joseph Mauri, Brooklyn druggist, and
his entire family were taken seriously i'll
with symptoms of poison. Three children
died. Doctors disagreed as to the cause of
death; but post mortem developed the
TACT that there was no poison in the case,
but that the disease was hemorrha gic
smallpox. It is thought the father and
mother will die
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
The Express Robbers Sentenced.

Frederick Wittrock, Thomas Weaver and
William W. Haight, the men implicated in
the great express robbery, in which $S2,-
900 was captured, were arraigned at st.
Louis on the 4th inst. All three pleaded
guilty, and Wittrock and Haight received
sentence of seven years, the extreme pen
atty. Weaver was given five years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Something of a Robber.

The police of Baltimore are anxious to
learn the whereabouts of one William F.
Sturgeon, late confidential clerk and book.
keeper for Hurst, Purnell e. Co., of that
city. 1t is asserted that the absent Spur
geon, during the twelve years he had been
in the firms employ, made free with their
funds to the amount OF 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Married. for Sure.

A dispatch from Macon, Ca, OF the 9th
says Secretary Lamar was married at that
place to Mrs. Holt on the morning of that
day, and started Immediately for Wash
ington. Two weeks ago similar report
was circulated, but was promptly and en-
phatlcally denied.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
JUDGE KELLEY was insult

JUDGE KELLEY was insulted at the
capitol at Washington tie other day
by a drunken congressman from Ten
nessee, and exclaimed: 'If had my
16-year-old boy here, would turn
him loose at you and have him give
you good licking" -PhHadclphia
Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12

In az account OF the Christmas di-
versions at Sing Sing prison is the
statement that "Eerdinand Ward Is
an exceptionally good convict" 1t is
certain that Ferdinand Ward was an
exceptionally bad business man,
Everything points to the conclusion
that Ferdinand Ward is now perfectly
at hOmA
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12

The scheme of the Globe has rot thus
far proven very successful, The pub
LEGATION of birth notices has been SO
completely abandoned that the prof.
fer of cakes of soap Is not sufficient to
cause it to be resumed to any consid-
cradle extent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Completed the Cycle.

A San Francisco dispatch OF the 9TH
says: Thomas Stevens, the celebrated
bicy clist, who left this city on a bicycle
tour around the world in April 1885, ar
rived this evening from Japan on the steam
er City of Picking. He will havea reception
and banquet from the bicycle clubs OF this
o;A
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Burned While at Prayer.

Miss Kate Nicholson, OF Maysville, KY,
on the night OF the Sd, after preparing to
retire, knelt to say her prayers in front
of the fire. While in this position her
clothing caught fire and she was SO badly
burned that she died in few hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Killed by a Gas Explosion.

At the Cambridge barracks, at Ports
mouth, Eng, on the I'd, an explosion OF
gas resulted in the instant death of six
soldiers and the dem clifton of the building.
Twenty -one others were hurt and buried in
the wreck
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
A Pressing Invitation.

A very pressing invitation has been sent
from Rideau Hall, Ottawa Ont to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland and the members
of the United States cabinet to become the
guests of the governor general at Montreal
during the carnival
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
Florida Oranges.

The cold has reached the orange groves
of Florida. The thermometer registered
27 degrees on the Sd. and considerable
damage to the crop is reported.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
In Memory ofI.oean.

Both houses OF Congress adjourned on
the 4th out of respect to the memory of
the late Senator Logan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
A. Mine Disaster.

An explosionin a mine at Mons, Belgium,
on the Sd, resulted in the death of thirty
seven miners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST.

An Unknown Number of PASSENGERS
Killed on Baltimore g. Ohio Train
Stalled Freight the Cause of the
Wreck-The Cars Take Fire--A Horri-
bic Scene of Suffering and Death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-12

lectured, was well received by bench md
bar and left behind him record as story
teller.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
FASHION NOTES.

Spider-web designs are seen on the new
winter cloths for cloaks, also rough Astra-
khan stripes, sunken oval and snail-shaped
figures and odd hieroglyphics in lighter
shades than that of the surface of the CLOTH
The long cloaks are made as raglans, that is,
with tight-ftting back, loose fronts and
square sleeves, or else like the Irish peasant
cloaks, gathered to a collar or yoke and fall.
ing straight to the ground, without sleeves.
Young ladies will wear white flannel all
through the winter for house dresses in
plated skirts and jackets with silk feather
vers and hens, and with many loops and
cascades of narrow white moire ribbon
Tucking is very popular on these white fan
mel gowns and should be entirely done by
hand, as the Misunderstanding is too light
and makes the line of stitching pull"
Tucks are seen on most of the fall cash
mere and flannel suits. The lego mutton
sleeves are tucked half way from the shoul-
der to the elbow; other tucks are continued
below the elbow to the wrist. This leaves
loose puff about the elbow. Costumes for
slim women have the waist tucked in front
from the neck half way down and from be-
low the bust to the waist which makes full
and graceful effect for slender women Many
of the skirts are tucked down to the knee and
left full below that.
Repped silks, such as faille Franchise and
Bengaline. are combined with velvet These
are usually made with velvet facing about
fifteen inches wide ut the front of the skirt;
the drapery is plain, and the basque has
jacket fronts, collar and sleeves of the velvet
A charming gown is of Gobeln blue faille
Franchise with velvet trimmings of deeper
tint One In serpent green has polonaise
of velvet. whose skirts form long, smooth
panels. Some black Bengalines are trimmed
with broad diagonal strips of black velvet
ribbon applique, being narrower upon the
basque.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02

present backed by any sense of personal
responsibility in this young girls mind;
and If so, she has great deal to learn
before the things which concern her can
be said to belong to the practical affairs
of life.
The root of all this which grows into
a busy and effective human career lies
III the sense of duty which develops per-
ceptlon and sentiment into action:
which determines preOccupation, and
which brings out of all performance
which can be truly claSsed as among the
practical woman; letit be the possession
of the man of affairs and he Will
be a practical statesman; let 1t
be the possession of literary man
and he will become practical author.
Froebel was thinker, and in his day
few men called him practical, but his
perception was pure, his sentiment
right, and what in this day is more prac-
teal among the affairs of life, when we
take broad view of the needs of human
society, than the idey embodied in the
kindergarten?
Michelet was writer whom most
would call sentimental. Yet his percep-
ton was so pure, his sentiment SO right,
that his teachings on love and marriage
are to-day conceded to be by good peo-
the most difficult and delicate subjects
i'll the world.
The great thing is to be good. Good
ness is the most practical affair of life.
am little suspicious of the exhOrta-
ton, ''Be good and you will be happy:"
but am not at all suspicious of the ex-
hortation, "Be good and you will be
practical" When Sir Walter Scott lay
dying he said to Lockhart: ''Be good,
my dear!" He could have given him no
more practical advice. With goodness
comes clear perception and right per-
ception and right sentiment, and out of
these comes all those things which,
whether the making of peoples laws
or the sweeping of a room ''as by Gods
laws" are the really and truly practical
affairs of life.
ROSE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND.
Holland Patent, n. Y. Sept. 80.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02

folded and wrapped carefully in it, and
then put into newspaper to protect it
from moths.
A little baking soda put into the
water in which vegetables of any kind
are boiled will aid them in retaining
their proper color. This is especially
so in regaad to peas and string beans.
inexpensive and warm spreads are
made out of chesse cloth and three
pounds of cotton spread between the
folds. About so cents should cover the
entire expense of such an article.
Plush or velvet that has become
creased should be held right side down
over a kettle of steaming water and
pressed at the same time on the wrong
side. 1t will take two persons to ac-
complish the pressing.
Rose leaves placed on dress or other
article and pressed between the folds
with warm iron will give lasting and
delicate perfume. The leaves should be
perfectly dry and fresh.
window glass is now washed with
whiting and water and rubbed with
chamols, this process giving the glass
an unusual luster.
water to clean it and prevent it from
turning yellow.
White china or porcelain that has be-
come burnt may be brought back to it's
original whiteness by polishing with
little br1ckdust wet with water and we'll
sOaped. p
Powdered boraX added to dishwater
does away with the necessity of soap,
and tends to soften the hands instead
of injuring them, as common soap is apt
to do,
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
John Adams to His Wife.

John Adams, in one of his letters to
his wife, made these remarks concern
ing woman's larger destiny and duties:
Your mother had clear and penetrat-
ing understanding and profound
judgment, as well as an honest, a
friendly and charitable heart. There
is one thing, however. which you will
forgive me if hint to you. Let me ask
you rather if you are not of my opinion?
Were not her talents and virtues too
much confined to private, social and do
mestic life! My opinion of the
duties of religion and morality
comprehendS very extensive
connection with society at
large and the great interestsof the pub
lie. Does not natural morality and,
much more, Christian benevOlence,
make it our indispensable duty to en-
deavor to serve our fellow creatures to
the utmost of our power, in promoting
and supporting those great political
systems and general regulations upon
which the happiness of multitudes de-
pends? The benevolence, charity, ca
pacity and industry, which, eXerted in
private life, would make family, a
parish or town happy, employed upon
larger scale and in support of the
great principles of virtue and freedom
of political regulations, might secure
whole nations and generations from
misery, want and contempt"
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02


consisting of bowl and cup with two
mouths, like those of pitcher, are re-
cent additions to supper services.
An odd matchbox is i'll the shape of
an old tree of lava ware, On the trunk
of which two cats are playing fiddles.
A novel and timely clock is incased in
representation of baseball covered
with white leather. The dial is in a
cut section of the ball.
Silver-topped toilet-bottles of royal
Worcester ware are fashionable.
A handsome brooch recently seen
represents a fan of feathers set with
diam onds.
A moonstOne set I'M a circle of dia-
monds and rubies is pleasing design
for brooch. aH3 ~
AS corner ornament neWsboy in
full cry, of majolica ware, is very at
tractiYe.
Bowls, plates and dishes, in More
ware, beautifully figured, promise to
become popular.
A unique design in dessert plates of
royal Worcester ware represents
folded napkin.
A leaf of Roman lettuce, iii which lies
a cherry, makes an appropriate olive
dish.
An odd idea of mantel ornament is
baby'S shoe in plain or ornamental
porcelain.
Paper weights formed of rouud, spot
ted shells, mounted in silver, are both
handsome and useful.
Small center and corner tables of AL
gerian onyx make a handsome appear
ance when set off by dull and bright gilt
legs and rims.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02


smartly dressed when she is present
would be the highest of social treason.
But the "good FORM of the thing OF,
the one side and the ''high treason" on
the other would be not so much on ac-
count or the queen, as because of the
other SWellS one would be sure to meet
and who would never forget OF forgive
badly made, unfashiOnable or sinappro-
PIRATE clothing. There is sort of mu-
tual compulsion and restraint, one on
the. other. The queen never sees a
fashion, though she may control and
keep in bounds those of others
origlnation-for example, sleeveless
gowns, which she positively for
bade to be worn at court, though they
were worn everywhere else. The pos
SCISSORS of pretty, plump, white and
gracefully moulded arms naturally liked
to show them, and the men didn't object
to the exhibition. Though the queen
set her face against the narrow shoulder
strap it didn't make it questionable.
Oddly enough her majesty doesn't ap-
pear to mind how low the bodices are. /
can hardly fancy any woman being
possibly able to lower her bOdices a
hundredth part of an inch beneath the
line adopted by the Princess of Wales.
She has very pretty shoulders, a nice,
smooth neck, and bust which though
perhaps hardly one for ,sculptor's. s.
model, is rOunder and more billowy than
those of nine-tenths of the other
decollete dressers of high life. For my
own part, haven't the leastdObj
to the low-necked dresses which prevail
in England. If they could but be limited
to people with nice necks like the
Princess of Wales and let me- mention
another, Princess Louise-no one would
or could have word to say. u !
+ Iidon't think the queen ever event
in'' for dress. Most decidedly she
doesn't go in for it now. The other day,
only, down at the Isle of Wight, at
gCOWes, or Newport, or Ryde, she was
going about with lot of foreign
potentates and dignitaries in round,
dowdy-loeking hat. Fancy a queen, and
one of her age. too, wearing low
crowned hat What the other people
must have thought, I can't begin to say.
OF course, we all know that indiffer-
ence to dress isn't vice; and that a
woman may make good and sensible
queen though she may not care what
she wears. 1t is not that. All 1 mean
to imply is that the queens influence in
fashionable sense is nil. Power she
may possess to compel people to abstain
from the observance of a fashion of an
others creation, but influence to guide
them in adopting one of her own sug-
gestion she has not.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
cOnie from?''

{ come fr0m?
q '1t is the tears of the angels, crying
when Edith has been naughty" said he.
i Edith pondered over this explanation.
One night later on, after Edith had been
making a very stormy time on going
j to bed, and had been told that she was
very naughty, she was missed from
6 her bed. Her mother, frightened
qat her absence, made a rapid search,
and found that a bureau drawer had
been opened and every thing in it
thrown out, but 10 Edith was to be
found. just at this moment the door
belf was rung violently, and when it
was opened a neighbor rushed in, eX-
claiming:
"Do you know that your little girl is
out OH the roof?"
The mother ran breathlessly up to the
attic, where stairway led up to a scut-
tie and then out upon the Sloping roof
of the house. And there Edith sat,
perched upon the edge of the scuttIe,
with lot of pocket handkerchiefs
spread about her.
''My child!" her mother shouted,
catching her in her arms. "Wllat arc
you doing here%'
"Why, mamma, brought up some
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
n,x despairl No fortune daunts
UOH Those who freely try the wants 81
An Arabs Courtship.

Philadelphia Call.
The Arab loves as none but an Arab
can love; but he is also nightly excita-
BILE and easily won. An Arab sees
girl bearing water or brushwood, and
in a moment, almost at glance, is as
madly in love as if he had passed years
OF courtship. He thinks of nothing else,
cares and dreams of nothing
else but the girl he loves; and not infre-
quently. if he is disappointed in his af-
fectionS, he pines and dies. In order to
commence his suit he sends for a MEM
ber of the girls tribe who has access to
the harem, and. first insuring his secrecy
by solemn oath, confesses his love and
entreatS his confidant to arrange an in
terview. The confdant goes to the girl,
gives her flower or blade of grass, and
says: Swear by Him who made this
flower and us also, you will not reveal
to any one that which l am about to un-
fold to YOU" If the girl will not accept
the proposal she will not take the oath,
but nevertheless keeps the matter per-
fectly secret from all. If she is favora-
bly, disposed to the match, she answers:
II swear by Hin who made the flower
you hold, and u.s." and the place and
time of meeting are settled. These
oaths are never broken, and it is not
long before the ardent lover becomes
the happy husband.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
odd Things i'm Decoration.

New York Letter to Savannah News.
The craze for queer and uncouth OBJ
jects for decorating houses grows more
rapid constantly. Not long ago was in
an apartment decorated almost entirely
by whips of every conceivable fashion
and size down to the modern cowboy
lash. The effect was unusually inter
esting. A Philadelphia millionaire
named Fales, who died some years ago,
had devoted a great deal of his
time to collecting canes. They
were from all quarters of the
Spike sticks of the South Sea
Islanders to the London 'crutch and
tOOthpick" canes, which were popular
in London at that time. Nearly all of
them were sold at auction in New York.
l never heard what became of the col
lection until about a month ago, when |
saw nearly 400 of them ranged around
the walls of library in big house on
Seventy-second street. They stood up
right on the floor, held by rack, and
they formed an admirable substitute for
wainscoting. The history of every cane
was fastened on the wall above the
handle of the stick to which it referred.
know OF Japanese room in which
several panels of the wall are formed of
japanese tapestries, with portraits of
various members of the family worked
in. The head of the house is distin-
guished by eyeglasses and a pair of
enormous whiskerS, His portrait is the
most prominent one in the room. All
but the face is Japanese, and no one can
have any idea of the absurd effect of
Japanese madarin with side whiskers
and eyeglasses until he sees this work
of art. 1t is by all odds the most won
derful thing l ever saw, yet the family
look upon it with abiect reverence.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
Macon (Ga.)

smiles, and they were quite the
rage. Cleopatra herself, we
are told, was the possessor of
an auburn head, and Helen of Troy,
some contend, was equally fortunate.
AS is well known, the belief in the
transmigration of souls was then preva-
lent, based upon reasons now lost to
philosophy, and conspiquously brave
men men killed in battle took the forms,
under the smiles of Jupiter, of white
horses. We can imagine, then, that
when gallant knights went forth to bat
tie, after passionate adieus to their au-
burn-headed Helens and Cleopatras,
and found themselves, after a fierce
steeds with snowy flanks, that memory
of their lost loves dwelt in their equine
heads. 1t may be that these fellows, in
the shape of white horses, are still fol-
lowing red-headed girls around.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
a nutshell, and the truly
The Globes Pick wiss oat its terne lwhen
they advertise
The Sewing Girls of Germany.

The sewing Girls OF Germany.
Washington Post.
The sewing girls of Germany. accord
ing to report which has been sent to
department of state, have a hard time.
Their wages are barely sufficient for
subsistence and lodging, leaving all
necessary incidental expenses, includ-
ing clothing, to be provided either by a
girls family OF through independent
efforts of her own. In the larger cities
this condition leads to frightful
suffering or degrading immortality
and ruin. Their employers are en-
deayoring to compel them to purchase
their thread and other supplies at en-
plOyerS' prices, and the weIl-to-dO girls
who want little extra money for lux
uries and fineries compete with the
lower classes and do the work at even
lower rates than those generally paid.
In short, only those girls have a pass
able existence who have sufficient sup
port in their family ties. The self-de-
pendent girl who lives by herself gem
orally falls an easy prey to designing
men and ends in private or public i'm
morality and prostitution.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
woMAN's CoNsTANCY.

Now thou hast loved me one whole day,
Tomorrow when thou leav'st what wilt thou
say?
Wilt thou then antedate some new-made
VOW?
Or say that now
We are not just those persons which we
were?
Or that oaths made in reverential fear
OF Love and his wrath any may forswear3
Or as true deaths true marriages unite,
So lovers contracts, images of those,
Bind but till sleep,
Deaths image, them unloose?
Or, your own end to justify,
For having purposed change and falsehood,
you
Can have no way but falsehood to be trues
Vain lunatic, against these 'scapes could
Dispute and conquer, if would;
Which | abstain to do,
For by tomorrow may think so, too.
John Donner, 1898.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
Women's Underwear.

New York World.
Night dresses, chemises and drawers
are all made of white China silk, trim
med with real lace. Valenciennes seems
to be the favOrite, or old-fashioned
thread lace, which is durable and ''doeS
up" well. Sets of three pieces also come
in plain colored China silk, which
material is much softer and cooler than
surah and washes as well as any silk
pocket handkerchief.
Stripes are fashionable in underwear.
Sets of three pieces are of white silk,
with blue, pink or yellow hair lines,
pro5usely trimmed with lace. These
also come in white null, striped the
same, but the silk feel cooler, and there
is another advantage: the silk does not
require starching; in fact its limpness
is part OF its attractiveneSs, while the
null must, of course. be starched to
give it the proper appearance.
One OF the most useful and dainty
articles of this troSSeau is dreSS-waist
protector, which is intended to keep the
Innings OF dresses unsoiled. They are
better than corset covers, as they do not
go arOunn the waist at all. Corset COW
ers are warm at best. These dress pro-
tectors are made in the shape of half
handkerchief, with just a strip to go un-
der the arms. To hold it in place tiny
linen tape is attached to the point at the
back, at the waist line, and is brought
forward in front to hold down the two
front ends. Small lace buttons fasten
these together; of course half circle is
cut out at the throat in order to meke it
fit the shoulders properly. They are
trimmed all around with the narrowest
thread lace and are made of the finest
linen lawn or white China silk